Chemical Safety Alert: Safe Storage and Handling of ...

United States Office of Solid Waste EPA 550-F-01-003. Environmental Protection and Emergency Response March 2001. Agency (5104A) Safe Storage and Handling of swimming Pool Chemicals The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Alert as part of its ongoing effort to protect human health and the environment by preventing Chemical accidents. We are striving to learn the causes and contributing factors associated with Chemical accidents and to prevent their recurrence. Major Chemical accidents cannot be prevented solely through regulatory requirements. Rather, understanding the fundamental root causes, widely disseminating the lessons learned, and integrating these lessons learned into safe operations are also required. EPA. publishes Alerts to increase awareness of possible hazards. It is important that facilities, State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), emergency responders, and others review this information and take appropriate steps to minimize risk.

Chemical Safety Alert Problem Pool chemicals may become a hazard when they become wetted by a small quantity of water or when they are improperly mixed, such as with other chemicals or reactive materials. Although the potential hazards of swimming pool water treatment and maintenance chemicals, also referred to as

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